Social Media
- linkedin.com/in/takakonishimura – LinkedIn
open source / technical writing
- github.com/takakonishimura – Personal Projects
- Initial ToyNet system design
- github.com/Project-Reclass – Nonprofit Projects
- Flask repository I personally maintain
- Newly deployed networking curriculum
- github.com/DataDog/chaos-controller – Chaos Controller
blog posts
- How do we improve? – Prison Education
- Why We Serve – Service Mentality
- Birth of ToyNet – Web Development, Product Management
- Community Policing – NYPD Volunteer Experience
- Mental Health Advocacy – Community, Advocacy
interviews
- How Tay built the Confidence to Transition into Infrastructure Engineering – PowerToFly Interview
- Engineering Spotlight: Tay Nishimura – Datadog Blog
- Getting Unstuck: Discovering Grit and Grace – Thriving Room Podcast
Talks
- Building a Distributed In-memory Caching Service – DASH Conference Talk with Mitch Ward
- Chaos Engineering at Scale – Grace Hopper 2022 Lightning Talk
- Chaos Controller – Datadog Tech Talk
- Chaos Engineering – DASH Conference Round Table
- ToyNet Technology – Small Conference Talk
- ToyNet Wireframes – Small Conference Talk
- ToyNet User Research – Small Conference Talk
- Veterans in Tech – Panel Moderator
website design
- projectreclass.org – Non-profit informational website
- 24aux.org– NYPD Volunteer Program Recruitment
videography
- Autism Awareness – NYPD Recruitment
- Patrol Night – NYPD Recruitment
- Explorers Program – NYPD Recruitment
- Promotion Ceremony – NYPD Recruitment
Dance choreography
- Hmong Ethnicity (2015)
- Red Fan (2014)
- Dun Huang (2014) – original choreography
- Mongolian (2013) – reproduced in 2018
- Tibetan (2013) – original choreography
- Flying Kites (2012) – reproduced in 2014
Note: Many traditional Chinese dances performed in the United States are rearrangements of professional choreography from dance professionals in China. My arrangements pull inspiration from professional choreographers to sustain the authenticity of the art form.
Tay Nishimura 